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Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer: progress and challenges in Panama

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2023
Despite being classified as a high-income country, Panama still faces challenges in providing care for children and adolescents with cancer. Annually, 170 new cases of childhood cancer are diagnosed in Panama, and the survival rate is around 60%.
Karina Quintero, Iveth Berrio, Elsa Arenas, Soad Fuentes-Alabí, Liliana Vásquez, Sandra Luna-Fineman, Jorge Victoria, Modesta Houghton   +7 more
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One Health serosurveillance of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in domestic animals from the metropolitan area of Panama [PDF]

Veterinary World
Background and Aim: The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has raised concern regarding anthropozoonotic transmission to domestic animals, posing potential public and veterinary health risks.
Sulamith Del C. Pacheco, Alanis J. Jimenez, Giselle A. Rangel, Claudia Del C. Rengifo-Herrera   +3 more
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Complete mitochondrial genomes of three Neotropical sleeper gobies: Eleotris amblyopsis, E. picta and Hemieleotris latifasciata (Gobiiformes: Eleotridae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2017
We report the first complete mitochondrial genomes of three species of eleotrid fishes from the Pacific and Atlantic watersheds of Panama: Eleotris amblyopsis, E. picta, and Hemieleotris latifasciata.
Fernando Alda, Alexandria J. Adams, W. Owen McMillan, Prosanta Chakrabarty   +3 more
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Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratios and Refraction Microtremor Analyses for Seismic Site Effects and Soil Classification in the City of David, Western Panama

Geosciences, 2023
The City of David constitutes one of the most important commercial centers of the Republic of Panama. However, it is located on a coastal plane, close to an area with high seismic activity and has been affected by significant earthquakes (18 July 1934 ...
Francisco Grajales-Saavedra, Alexis Mojica, Carlos Ho, Krysna Samudio, George Mejía, Saddy Li, Larisa Almengor, Roberto Miranda, Melisabel Muñoz   +8 more
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Development of a Biomedical Innovation Economy-Panama

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, 2009
In this study we consider the progress toward the development of innovation incubators within the Central American country of Panama. We attempt to identify the extent to which Panama, as a developing country with a small market size, has recognized the ...
Markus Dettenhofer, Nora Hampl
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Phoresy of Americhernes oblongus (Say) (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae) in a species of the genus Scipopus Enderlein (Diptera: Micropezidae)

Revista Chilena de Entomología, 2020
Some species of pseudoscorpions perform a mechanism known as phoresy, attach themselves to other organisms for transportation. In this work, Americhernes oblongus (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae) is reported as a phoront on a species of fly belonging to ...
Ramy Jhasser Martínez, Gabriel A. Villegas-Guzmán, Dora Isabel Quirós, Daniel Emmen   +3 more
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Point prevalence survey of antibiotics in a pediatric tertiary hospital in the Republic of Panama

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Objective. To conduct a point prevalence survey (PPS) of antibiotic use in the main pediatric tertiary-level hospital in Panama City to establish antibiotic prevalence and identify key areas for addressing antimicrobial resistance. Methods.
Ximena Norero, Dora Estripeaut, Elizabeth Castaño, Jacqueline Levy, Paola Lichtenberger, José Pablo Díaz-Madriz, José Luis Bustos, Robin Rojas Cortés, Gabriel Levy-Hara   +8 more
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Public health impact and economic benefits of quadrivalent influenza vaccine in Latin America

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2017
Annual trivalent influenza vaccines (TIV) containing 2 A strains and one B lineage have been recommended for the prevention of influenza in most of Latin American countries.
Aurélien Jamotte, Emilie Clay, Bérengère Macabeo, Andrès Caicedo, Juan Guillermo Lopez, Lucia Bricks, Martín Romero Prada, Rubén Marrugo, Pamela Alfonso, Brechla Moreno Arévalo, Danilo Franco, Lourdes Garcia Diaz, Yadira Isaza de Molto   +12 more
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Evidence of Climate Change Impact on Quantity of Rice-Planted Areas in Panama

Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism
This paper provides statistical evidence of a positive correlation between anomaly precipitation and the variation of planted hectares of rice. Panamanian farmers reduce planted areas of rice when they experience lower levels of rain.
Ronny SUAREZ
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Design and Construction of a NLP Based Knowledge Extraction Methodology in the Medical Domain Applied to Clinical Information [PDF]

Healthcare Informatics Research, 2018
ObjectivesThis research presents the design and development of a software architecture using natural language processing tools and the use of an ontology of knowledge as a knowledge base.MethodsThe software extracts, manages and represents the knowledge ...
Denis Cedeño Moreno, Miguel Vargas-Lombardo   +1 more
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